Funerary helmet
Category
Arms and armour
Date
1550
Materials
Brass, Iron
Measurements
375 mm (Height); 240 mm (Length)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Cotehele, Cornwall
NT 347398
Summary
Funerary helmet, skull with brass shield-shaped plume holder and lower bevor from a good quality close-helmet; gorget plates, facebars and iron crest spike added for funerary purposes in the seventeenth century. Displayed with breastplate and backplate COT.AA.128.